Riddle: You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
Answer: An onion.
Riddle: If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am I?
Answer: A mirror.
Riddle: You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?
Answer: Your name.
Classic Riddles
Riddle: Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What Am I?
Answer: Time.
Riddle: When will water stop running downhill?
Answer: When it reaches the bottom.
Classic Riddles
Riddle: There is a dead man in the middle of a field, nothing is around him and there are no footprints of any sort. There is an unopened package next to him. How did he die? HINT: As he approached the field he knew he was going to die.
Answer: Failed Parachute
Riddle: There is a brother and a sister. The boy wants to visit his father in jail, and the sister wants to visit her mother in the hospital. But they both are not allowed in the jail or hospital. All they have is a gun. What do they do?
Answer: The boy shoots the girl, and then the boy goes to jail for attempted murder and the girl goes to the hospital due to her injuries.
Classic Riddles
Riddle: A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?
Answer: The daughter.
Riddle: Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
Answer: Tom's mother slid a newspaper under a door, each sibling standing on each side.
Riddle: Flat as a leaf, round as a ring; Has two eyes, can't see a thing. What is it?
Answer: A button.
Riddle: You can see it every day, But cannot touch it at will. What is it?
Answer: The sky.
Riddle: I'm a god, a planet, and a measurer of heat. Who am I?
Answer: Mercury.
Riddle: I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?
Answer: The word Dozens.
Riddle: Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed. What am I?
Answer: A mask.
Riddle: A magician was boasting one day about how long he could hold his breath underwater. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "That's nothing, I can stay underwater for 10 minutes using no type of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
Answer: The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.
Riddle: What can go up and come down without moving?
Answer: The temperature.
Riddle: I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow.
Riddle: The rungs of a 10-foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers the ladder?
Answer: It will never cover the ladder because as the water rises, so will the floating ship.
Riddle: What has holes but still holds water?
Answer: A Sponge.
Riddle: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got their alibi. The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
Answer: It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!